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alexmcarrow/db
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MySQL(i) class

1.42(13y ago)039MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jun 4Pushed 13y agoCompare

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DB - MySQL(i) class
===================

[](#db---mysqli-class)

Init
----

[](#init)

```
$DSN = array (
    'host'=>'localhost',
	'base'=>'dbname',
	'user'=>'user',
	'pass'=>'password',
	'char'=>'utf-8'
);
new \DBI\MySQL ($DSN);
```

Use
---

[](#use)

```
\DBI\MySQL::query ("SELECT 1;");
```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

6

Last Release

4774d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9628c57766ce12331abf87709d989b193fe123b6a358859d49f7df6edab6545f?d=identicon)[AlexMcArrow](/maintainers/AlexMcArrow)

---

Top Contributors

[![AlexMcArrow](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/296388?v=4)](https://github.com/AlexMcArrow "AlexMcArrow (9 commits)")

---

Tags

mysqlmysqli

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